Port wine stain progression: A potential consequence of delayed and inadequate treatment?

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 423-426

  Minkis, Kira ^a   Geronemus, Roy G ^a,b   Hale, Elizabeth K ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LASER AND SKIN SURGERY CENTER OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL SKIN DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FACE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, DYE; LASERS, GAS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PORT-WINE STAIN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 67650566687     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20788     Document Type: Article

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